Total and age-specific incidence of Graves' thyrotoxicosis, toxic nodular goitre and solitary toxic adenoma in Malmö 1970-74.
During a 5-year period, 333 new cases of thyrotoxicosis were diagnosed in a well-defined urban population of 258,000 inhabitants in southern Sweden without a history of endemic goitre. This corresponds to a mean annual incidence of thyrotoxicosis of 25.8/100,000. The incidence of Graves' disease was 17.7, the incidence of toxic nodular goitre was 5.4 and that of solitary toxic adenoma was 2.7/100,000/year. The peak age-specific incidence of Graves' disease was 32.6/100,000/year (age group 60-69 years), and that of toxic nodular goitre and solitary toxic adenoma was 31.5/100,000/year (age group over 80 years).
Berglund
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J
Department of Surgery University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
Christensen
S B
SB
Hallengren
B
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000453:epidemiology; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology